The decision comes after Jefferson County Public Schools was informed by the Office of Head Start “that just a single additional substantiated staff incident could jeopardize” its grant status, according to an agenda item for Tuesday’s board meeting.

The decision comes after Jefferson County Public Schools was informed by the Office of Head Start “that just a single additional substantiated staff incident could jeopardize” its grant status, according to an agenda item for Tuesday’s board meeting.

Homicide detectives arrested 18-year-old Gemehr O. Murphy and a 16-year-old juvenile. Both are charged with murder, first-degree robbery, tampering with physical evidence and theft of firearms.

The arrest report says Gemehr told police that he and the teen killed 36-year-old Justin Kern and stole multiple firearms Friday night. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. at an apartment complex on Manslick Road in the Jacobs neighborhood.

Detectives say they executed a search warrant at Gemehr's home on Bachmann Drive on Sunday. They recovered several firearms at the home.